Pure BS

1adam1238 · 06-11-2005, 01:41 PM

I am an Associate Warden at a Max Sec Prison where we house death row inmates. I think this is total Bull$#%%, for what this does to the victim's family. What do you guys think?

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../26699016.html
CARSON CITY -- Robert Lee McConnell ate his last meal of pepperoni pizza and was administered rites by a Catholic priest Thursday but decided less than 40 minutes before his execution to seek a stay.

McConnell, scheduled to die at 9 p.m. for shooting and stabbing a man in Reno who was dating his ex-girlfriend, sought the stay at 8:26 p.m. It was accepted by Washoe District Judge Steven Kosach by telephone.

Media witnesses to McConnell's execution had filed into the grounds of the Nevada State Prison and were waiting to be escorted to the execution chamber when news of his change of heart was announced.

Several members of the family of victim Brian Pierce were on hand to witness McConnell's execution.

Corrections Department Director Jackie Crawford said there was "silence" when Pierce's family was given the news.

About 20 protesters waited outside the prison grounds, carrying signs opposed to the death penalty. One sign said: "All killing is wrong."

McConnell, 32, signed the stay after conferring with Assistant Federal Public Defender Michael Pescetta.

Crawford said McConnell will be returned Monday to death row at Ely while his appeal of his death sentence is pursued.

Chief Deputy Attorney General Gerald Gardner said McConnell was free at any time to pursue his appeal.

"In the presence of a member of the federal public defender's office he signed documents requesting a stay of execution and requesting that a petition of post-conviction relief be filed on his behalf in the Second Judicial District Court in Reno, Nevada," he said.

Gardner said he did not know the nature of the discussion between Pescetta and McConnell. But earlier in the day, Pescetta urged McConnell to file for a stay sooner rather than later, Gardner said.

"At this point he still has many months left before he has to file a finalized post-conviction relief petition," Gardner said.

Asked whether the last-minute delay was orchestrated, Gardner said that possibility seemed likely.

"Based on some of the things Mr. McConnell has been saying in the last week, it certainly seems he was playing a game with the system," he said.

Crawford said there is an expense in getting ready for an execution, but the department must follow through when a death row inmate decides to give up his appeals and voluntarily be executed.

Of the 11 executions in Nevada since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, all but one occurred when inmates dropped their appeals.

Many years have passed since a death row inmate said he was going forward with his execution only to drop it at the last minute. The last was Jimmy Neuschafer, who was scheduled to be executed in December 1990 when he backed out six hours beforehand. Neuschafer died of natural causes in prison in 1998.

Signs existed McConnell might not go through with his execution. In an interview at the prison Wednesday, McConnell said he would file an appeal if he did not get one last hug from his mother.

McConnell was not allowed "contact" visits with family because of security concerns.

But Crawford on Thursday allowed McConnell's mother and stepfather to have a contact visit, with McConnell remaining in restraints. McConnell's mother gave him a hug goodbye.

In the 15-minute interview, McConnell said he used to believe in the death penalty but does not support it any more. He said he did not deserve to die for killing Pierce.

"I just don't think that it's right to say what I did is wrong, and it's a state-sanctioned murder," he said of his impending execution.

But McConnell also said Pierce did not deserve to die either.

"Nobody has the right to take life," he said.

McConnell was sentenced to death in July 2003. Besides killing Pierce, he raped his former girlfriend.

In the interview, McConnell said his only regret was not killing his ex-girlfriend.

Crawford said the previous two voluntary executions went forward without incident.

"Making the noises and talking to the various media and some of the threats he's made, sometimes you begin to wonder if it's a manipulation of the process," she said.

Raiderhater · 06-11-2005, 01:50 PM

The dude is one sick bastard. I cannot wait for his existence to cease.

chiefs4me · 06-11-2005, 02:00 PM

He doesn't think what he did is wrong?

His only regret is not killing the ex-girlfriend?

I hope this piece of scum rots in hell.....

It also makes me mad that killers like this get to be protected in prison, they are on death row with scum like them, so the general population can't get to them....I say throw them in with general population and let them take what is coming to them.

**Skip Towne** · 06-11-2005, 02:04 PM

I don't think he did anything wrong. That bitch needed killing. He deserves a fair trial like everyone else.

Jenson71 · 06-11-2005, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefs4me

It also makes me mad that killers like this get to be protected in prison, they are on death row with scum like them, so the general population can't get to them....I say throw them in with general population and let them take what is coming to them.

Another great idea from chiefs4me.

1adam1238 · 06-11-2005, 02:07 PM

The law ties our hands on what we can do with them. They are all singled celled, have tier time with about 12 other death row inmates at a time. I will say this though, this is the unit with the least amount of problems...I have death row inmates dying of old age before there execution is carried out....some have been on a death sentence from 1979....

**The Bad Guy** · 06-11-2005, 02:09 PM

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Originally Posted by chiefs4me

It also makes me mad that killers like this get to be protected in prison, they are on death row with scum like them, so the general population can't get to them....I say throw them in with general population and let them take what is coming to them.

Yep, throw him in the general population so he can kill the girlfriend too.

This might be the dumbest thing I have ever seen typed on any message board.

Did the NASCAR exhaust fumes rot your brain?

What they should do, is let the family of the person he killed in a room with him for 15 minutes and allow them to take barbed-wire bats to his flesh and then leave him in the cell without any medical treatment.

**Bowser** · 06-11-2005, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by 1adam1238

I have death row inmates dying of old age before there execution is carried out....some have been on a death sentence from 1979....

This is complete horseshit. There should be a limit on how long a person is allowed to stay on death row. Give them up to a year, then be done with them.

bishop_74 · 06-11-2005, 04:00 PM

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Yep, throw him in the general population so he can kill the girlfriend too.

I think he meant prison general population. I don't think he could get to the girlfriend from there...

jspchief · 06-11-2005, 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by bishop_74

I think he meant prison general population. I don't think he could get to the girlfriend from there...

Yep. But he could get to the rest of the prison population, and a killer on death row has little to deter him from killing other inmates.

Pants · 06-11-2005, 04:10 PM

"Nobody has the right to take life."

Yeah, except you, buddy... What a fucking moron. He should have been executed for being a fucking dumbass.

**Skip Towne** · 06-11-2005, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

This is complete horseshit. There should be a limit on how long a person is allowed to stay on death row. Give them up to a year, then be done with them.

Have you ever heard of the Greenlease kidnapping? It is one of the most famous crimes ever committed in Kansas City. On Sep.28, 1953, A man and woman kidnapped the son of a wealthy Cadillac dealer and killed him. They were caught, tried and convicted in less than two months. They were executed on Dec. 18, 1953, less than three months after the crime was committed. Is this what you have in mind?

**Bowser** · 06-11-2005, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

Have you ever heard of the Greenlease kidnapping? It is one of the most famous crimes ever committed in Kansas City. On Sep.28, 1953, A man and woman kidnapped the son of a wealthy Cadillac dealer and killed him. They were caught, tried and convicted in less than two months. They were executed on Dec. 18, 1953, less than three months after the crime was committed. Is this what you have in mind?

Wow. They must have had some serious evidence against those two. Probablly didn't hurt that a wealthy Cadillac dealer was involved.

And sure, I would have no problem with quick executions. Beats my tax dollars going to a guy who has been sitting on death row since 1979.

**Skip Towne** · 06-11-2005, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bowser

Wow. They must have had some serious evidence against those two. Probablly didn't hurt that a wealthy Cadillac dealer was involved.

And sure, I would have no problem with quick executions. Beats my tax dollars going to a guy who has been sitting on death row since 1979.

They didn't screw around back then like they do now. And, they only put seriously bad guys in prison back then. Now, everybody is a candidate and everything's a felony.

**Bowser** · 06-11-2005, 04:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Skip Towne

They didn't screw around back then like they do now. And, they only put seriously bad guys in prison back then. Now, everybody is a candidate and everything's a felony.

Isn't that the truth.

My Mom has told me this story about my Dad having a lack of good judgement one night while out drinking with some of his buds. Apparently, he got ripped up pretty good somewhere downtown and decided he was going to drive home. On his way home over the Paseo Bridge, he was pinballing back and forth between the guardrails on the bridge (and it was a damn good thing the bridge was empty at the time!), and naturally was pulled over. He wasn't arrested, but instead one of the cops got into his car and drove it home. My Mom said she got up and made the cops some coffee, and they all talked for awhile before they had to go. A much different time back in the day. Could you imagine the uproar today if something like that happened, and people found out about it?

And yes, I completely understand that what my Dad did that night was absolutely stupid, and how lucky he was that he or noone else got hurt. A fact that he himself 'fessed up to later on in his life.

06-11-2005, 01:41 PM
1adam1238 Knob Noster Alum Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dayton, Nevada Casino cash: $9068155	Pure BS I am an Associate Warden at a Max Sec Prison where we house death row inmates. I think this is total Bull$#%%, for what this does to the victim's family. What do you guys think? http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_ho.../26699016.html CARSON CITY -- Robert Lee McConnell ate his last meal of pepperoni pizza and was administered rites by a Catholic priest Thursday but decided less than 40 minutes before his execution to seek a stay. McConnell, scheduled to die at 9 p.m. for shooting and stabbing a man in Reno who was dating his ex-girlfriend, sought the stay at 8:26 p.m. It was accepted by Washoe District Judge Steven Kosach by telephone. Media witnesses to McConnell's execution had filed into the grounds of the Nevada State Prison and were waiting to be escorted to the execution chamber when news of his change of heart was announced. Several members of the family of victim Brian Pierce were on hand to witness McConnell's execution. Corrections Department Director Jackie Crawford said there was "silence" when Pierce's family was given the news. About 20 protesters waited outside the prison grounds, carrying signs opposed to the death penalty. One sign said: "All killing is wrong." McConnell, 32, signed the stay after conferring with Assistant Federal Public Defender Michael Pescetta. Crawford said McConnell will be returned Monday to death row at Ely while his appeal of his death sentence is pursued. Chief Deputy Attorney General Gerald Gardner said McConnell was free at any time to pursue his appeal. "In the presence of a member of the federal public defender's office he signed documents requesting a stay of execution and requesting that a petition of post-conviction relief be filed on his behalf in the Second Judicial District Court in Reno, Nevada," he said. Gardner said he did not know the nature of the discussion between Pescetta and McConnell. But earlier in the day, Pescetta urged McConnell to file for a stay sooner rather than later, Gardner said. "At this point he still has many months left before he has to file a finalized post-conviction relief petition," Gardner said. Asked whether the last-minute delay was orchestrated, Gardner said that possibility seemed likely. "Based on some of the things Mr. McConnell has been saying in the last week, it certainly seems he was playing a game with the system," he said. Crawford said there is an expense in getting ready for an execution, but the department must follow through when a death row inmate decides to give up his appeals and voluntarily be executed. Of the 11 executions in Nevada since the death penalty was reinstated in 1977, all but one occurred when inmates dropped their appeals. Many years have passed since a death row inmate said he was going forward with his execution only to drop it at the last minute. The last was Jimmy Neuschafer, who was scheduled to be executed in December 1990 when he backed out six hours beforehand. Neuschafer died of natural causes in prison in 1998. Signs existed McConnell might not go through with his execution. In an interview at the prison Wednesday, McConnell said he would file an appeal if he did not get one last hug from his mother. McConnell was not allowed "contact" visits with family because of security concerns. But Crawford on Thursday allowed McConnell's mother and stepfather to have a contact visit, with McConnell remaining in restraints. McConnell's mother gave him a hug goodbye. In the 15-minute interview, McConnell said he used to believe in the death penalty but does not support it any more. He said he did not deserve to die for killing Pierce. "I just don't think that it's right to say what I did is wrong, and it's a state-sanctioned murder," he said of his impending execution. But McConnell also said Pierce did not deserve to die either. "Nobody has the right to take life," he said. McConnell was sentenced to death in July 2003. Besides killing Pierce, he raped his former girlfriend. In the interview, McConnell said his only regret was not killing his ex-girlfriend. Crawford said the previous two voluntary executions went forward without incident. "Making the noises and talking to the various media and some of the threats he's made, sometimes you begin to wonder if it's a manipulation of the process," she said.
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06-11-2005, 01:50 PM	#2
Raiderhater **** the Raiders Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: A Webb of chaos Casino cash: $2152021	The dude is one sick bastard. I cannot wait for his existence to cease. __________________ "Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is bound up with hatred, jealousy, boastfulness, and disregard of all the rules." -- George Orwell, Shooting an Elephant
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06-11-2005, 02:00 PM	#3
chiefs4me Whatever.. Join Date: Sep 2004 Casino cash: $10004900	He doesn't think what he did is wrong? His only regret is not killing the ex-girlfriend? I hope this piece of scum rots in hell..... It also makes me mad that killers like this get to be protected in prison, they are on death row with scum like them, so the general population can't get to them....I say throw them in with general population and let them take what is coming to them.
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06-11-2005, 02:04 PM	#4
Skip Towne Supporter Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: T-Town Casino cash: $10004900	I don't think he did anything wrong. That bitch needed killing. He deserves a fair trial like everyone else.
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06-11-2005, 02:07 PM	#6
1adam1238 Knob Noster Alum Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Dayton, Nevada Casino cash: $9068155	The law ties our hands on what we can do with them. They are all singled celled, have tier time with about 12 other death row inmates at a time. I will say this though, this is the unit with the least amount of problems...I have death row inmates dying of old age before there execution is carried out....some have been on a death sentence from 1979....
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06-11-2005, 04:10 PM	#11
Pants Time Keeps On Slipping Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Overland Park Casino cash: $5689900	"Nobody has the right to take life." Yeah, except you, buddy... What a fucking moron. He should have been executed for being a fucking dumbass. __________________ "Turn the channel to 26!"
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